, 1887-12-29

try east and west from Cabinet
station on the Clark's Fork river
around the north side OF the lake,
crossing the west arm on a mile and
q half lrestle at Sand Point and ON to
Idaho Line station, a distance OF
about 90 miles.
Among the new mineral finds II
LIGHTNING CREEK DISTRICT,
on the northeast side OF the lake, five
and half miles via level road up
Lightning creek and north from
Clark's Fork station on the N. +. II.
II. Last summer Hilliss & Shaugh.
nessey discovered two very favorable
veins In the district, on which two
locations are now owned by Good.
child Il Co., OF Thompson Falls. The
course Of tho veins are east and
west, and the formation a hard,
black lime and quartzite. The May.
flower location is a foot vein OF high
grade galena that assays on an aver.
age 1876 ozs. silver and 25 per cent
lead, and the Wallace, OF the same
width, goes 100 ozs. silver and 40
per cent. lead. Active development
work will be pushed on both ioca.
| tiOns early In the spring. Light.
ming creek Is about % miles long; II
flows south and empties into the
upper end Of the lake. The creek
affords excellent mountain trout
fishing. West OF Clark's Fork, half
mile north of the N. p. track, one
and one-third miles east Of Hope
station, are the Silver Chord and
Lake Shore locations, also owned by
GOodchild & Co.. and located thi.
past summer. The Silver Chord
shows 9.foot vein of 20 OF. ore on
the surface, and a cross cut on the
Lake Shore opens to the View 8.
foot body of ore that assays 30 Ozs. In
silver and runs well In lead; their
course Is east and west and their for.
nation quartz'te, syenite and slate.
On the south side Of the lake
nearly opposite Hope station is the
GARFIELD BAY DISTRICT,
eighteen miles by water southeast
from Sand Point, and six miles north
of east by rail from CocOlalla station
on the N. p. r.. II. Two miles up on
the side of the mountain back from
the bay In the Mountain Queen lOca.
| tiOn, discovered this past summer
by p. III. Manning apd John Cald.
we'll. The vein runs north west.
southeast, In tracite and lime and
contains a hard whitish quartz spot.
ted with galena that assays over 80
ozs. In silver and a small per cent.
In lead. 1t Is opened by an 18-fOot
cross cut all in ore, the vein being
still wider. The southeast exten.
sion OF the Mountain Queen isowned
by DR.. w. A. Hendrix, OF KoOtenai
station, and is opened by 32-fOOt
shaft. There are 20 other locations
OF the same character In the imnle.
diate vicinity; six owned by John
Russell. OF Sand Point, eight by
Bob Rainey, Ike Manning and Joe
Williams, three by II. NJ. Harvey
and three by L. NJ. Sallee, both Of
Spokane Falls.
| Around on the large, south part of
the lake, ten miles across by water
from Steamboat Landing, comes In
| GOLD CREEK
from the sou hesst. Near The mouth
OF the creek c.. H. Grary has a whole
| mountain of fne quality Of lime.
stone, which he 10 burning and ship.
ping at the rate OF about 800 barrels
per week. This fall James Wilson
discovered a 5-foot vein Of rich gold
quartz which ia understood 70 be
back on Gold creek. Wilson will
not mention the exact whereabouts
of the strike as he intends to further
prospect and locate in the locality
early next spring.
Down the Pend dOreille Ia the
new
METALINE DISTRICT,
which was first discovered late in
| fny nj 1RG. htVk AnAc
have been made and numerous lOca-
tions recorded this past summer.
The camp of Metaline Is situated on
the west high bank of the Pend d.
Oreille river, about 100 miles down
said river, In north west course
from Sand Point The most pra 3ti
cable route to and from the district
Is by boat on the.river from Sand
Point. The trip cap be made dowr
in two days and back In four. About
as miles below Sand Point portage
Of 20 feet Is made over the Calispe
Falls by skiding across the granite
island In the middle OF the river
from thence on down Is good water
to Box canyon, within six miles Of
the camp. About thirty men are
wintering at Metaline this winter
This district Is what Is termed 8
low grade galena camp, as lead II
the principal mineral prod uction
But all the ore in the camp rum
high in lead, averaging rs to 85 pei
cent. and there IL not a particle o.
base or refractory metal In thu
whole district. The ore Is not II
veins, but is found in pockets anc
quarries interpreted with thin lay
ers OF flne grained limestone. Lime
is the only formation of the Who'll,
district--by the way, the extraor
dinarily rich silver de eposite in thu
Frisco district. south Utah. exist II